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insurer’s policyholders with real-time coupons or promotional materials. That’s similar to the strategy at GoogleInc., Wilson said, and would prepare his company for a future in which safer roads mean the customer relationship has to be about more than paying claims. “There’s a whole bunch of people who look

While they do cooperate from time to time, teaming up on an acquisition of this scale would be unprecedented. With GoogleInc. testing its own self-driving cars, the bid for HERE shows the importance of securing access to the detailed maps

spread it around in fractions. This is a practice known as dilution or, more colorfully, the “leap smear.” GoogleInc. used the method during past leap seconds and Amazon.com Inc. said it's planning to add time to all 86,400 seconds

complimentary happy hour at celebrity chef Michael Mina’s Bourbon Steak every three months. While companies including GoogleInc. offer perks at work — fancy cafeterias and yoga classes, for example — providing things that keep a household going is another matter

technology will eventually give the auto insurer a chance to boost revenue by selling customer driving data, much as GoogleInc. profits by collecting information on those who use its search engine. “There are lots of people who are monetizing data